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The political push for a West Coast pipeline is now underway as the B.C. government moves toward support of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain project. Premier Rachel Notley said Wednesday she will soon head to British Columbia to sell the merits of the new oil pipeline — and Alberta’s environmental credibility — while federal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr […]

The Alberta government got a bit of a rough ride at a meeting with rural politicians in Edmonton. Deputy premier Sarah Hoffman was booed as she defended the NDP’s climate-change plan, which includes a carbon tax and a phase-out of coal-fired electricity. Hoffman said it’s necessary to address climate change because the science behind it […]

Naheed Nenshi recently announced he’ll seek a third term as mayor next fall, and as he did so, he voiced some frank and legitimate concerns about the Notley government’s new carbon tax. The mayor opposes the imposition of the tax on city operations, especially Calgary Transit, pointing out the levy is at odds with the […]

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is aiming to counter the “political torque and misinformation” on the federal government’s controversial carbon-pricing plan. Trudeau said the government’s challenge is to ensure people understand that the money collected on carbon pollution will flow back to the provinces and territories. “There are a lot […]

It’s a major milestone in climate science. Last week, the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached 400 parts per million. Scientists said they are likely to stay that way for the “indefinite future.” Postmedia News asked a leading Alberta scientist why it matters. Martin Sharp, a glaciologist and climate scientist at the University of Alberta, explained in an interview with […]

While the federal government’s plan to impose a minimum price set off a strong reaction from Premier Rachel Notley, some observers believe Ottawa’s plan could ultimately be beneficial for Alberta. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that Ottawa would expect provinces to establish a minimum carbon price of $10 per tonne by 2018 — rising to $50 by 2022 […]

BANFF — Industry in the Canadian Prairies is a big source of the country’s carbon emissions, but the same landscape is also expected to be a rare beneficiary of climate change. As temperatures rise, the Prairie climate is becoming more favourable for farmers to replace their wheat fields with corn and soy crops, which draw […]

Suncor Energy’s acknowledgement its GHG emissions will increase 28 per cent by the end of the decade — even as it slowly reduces emissions per barrel — reveals that 25 years after Alberta’s oilsands boom started, industry is still seeking transformative environmental technologies. Canada’s largest oil and gas company revealed its greenhouse gas emissions will go from 20.5 million tonnes last year […]

Canada's annual heat-trapping greenhouse gases continue to level off or decline in most sectors of the economy, outside of Alberta's oilpatch, says the latest annual inventory report submitted by the Harper government to the United Nations.

Premier Jim Prentice will travel in January to Washington, D.C., where he expects to find a United States Congress much more open to the Keystone XL oil pipeline. On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate was one vote short of the 60 necessary to approve Keystone and send a bill to President Barack Obama, who has repeatedly delayed a […]

The Jim Prentice government made bold promises on environmental stewardship and fiscal stewardship in a throne speech Monday that included a laundry list of pledges the new premier and his predecessors have previously made. The PC government promised to hold the line on spending and develop a long-awaited climate change strategy by working with First […]

The 'historic' commitment to address greenhouse gases by the world's two largest emitters is vital to any progress on climate change but even if the United States and China adhere to the agreement signed in Beijing, there are plenty of road blocks on the path ahead.

A drop in oil prices is no excuse for a lack of action on Alberta’s carbon levy, environmental groups and opposition politicians said Thursday. The Tory government must make a decision this December on its $15 per tonne levy on large emitters of CO2 but Premier Jim Prentice recently suggested the oil price slide, which saw prices for West Texas Intermediate hit a three-year low this week could forestall any move to raise the levy.

Premier Jim Prentice is feeling much more confident about the prospects for the Keystone XL pipeline following U.S. mid-term elections Tuesday that gave new momentum to the long-delayed project. The vote saw a pro-Keystone Republican majority sweep into the U.S. Senate, with several senior figures in the party saying Wednesday that approval of the pipeline — which aims to connect Alberta’s oilsands to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast — will be a priority.

Environment Minister Kyle Fawcett reinforced Thursday his government’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in its revised climate change plan. Speaking to a diverse crowd, the recently appointed minister said the new strategy is one of his priorities.

Premier Jim Prentice is lamenting the steep price Alberta is paying for not getting global prices for its vast energy resources — nearly $3 billion in lost revenue annually — while promising to unveil a new climate change plan later this year. Speaking to the Herald editorial board, the Tory leader said Monday a lack of infrastructure to take Alberta’s petroleum to international markets cost the energy industry $14.8 billion in lost revenue in 2012.

When he was American defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld famously said, “you go to war with the army you have, not the army you want.” The party Jim Prentice now leads may not be the party he wants, but what can he do about it?

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